1913 Yearbook
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1913 Yearbook
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History of Class of '13
THE thought of graduation, of leaving the institution which has been a home to
us, of severing the bonds of affection by which we have been so long bound,
and of parting, perhaps forever, from those whom we have grown to love, causes
us to return in fancy to the days of yore and live again those golden hours.
Many of us were members of the large class that met for the first time on the
college campus in the fall of 1906, and enrolled as Academic Freshmen. Owing to various circumstances some did not remain to complete the four years, and others at the
expiration of that time entered other schools to take up vocational work, while a few
secured employment and did not return to school As a result only seven of the original
class returned to take up the Collegiate Course, but one new member increased the
total to eight—John Hynes, Thomas Lawlor, Cletus Portel, William Callahan, John
Michalek, Joseph Coughlin, Michael Haley and Raymond McDermott. The class was
organized early in the year with Michael Haley as president and John Hynes as secretary.
The year passed all too quickly with members of the class taking an active part in
every branch of student endeavor. They stood high in their class, took part in the
Elocution contest, in public entertainments, and played the leading roles in Dramatics,
where they gained name and fame for themselves and for the class. On the gridiron
all but one helped to give St. Ambrose a winning team by becoming the mainstay of
the Varsity Squad. Hynes and Haley were stars in the first basketball team the
college ever had, and, with Portel, helped to keep up their Alma Mater's reputation in
baseball.
When the class, after the summer vacation, met again two of its members, McDermott and Hynes, were missing. The former had dropped school work, while the latter had entered Notre Dame to take up the study of Law. A new man, however, B.
Meyer, made the actual loss in number only one. This year, like the preceding, was
a most successful one, in every way, for the class, it being again to the fore in every
line of college activity. Men from this class again contributed much to the prestige
of St. Ambrose in all kinds of athletics and were indispensable to the success of plays
and entertainments. The year was gone before we realized it, and after a few short
weeks of vacation we were back again to resume our work. This being our last year
at St. Ambrose, we resolved to mak6 it the best of all, and, as a result, we gained
honors in oratory, in the literary and debating societies, while Portel, Haley and
Michalek were membered among the gridiron stars. Michalek, who had for some time
been a member of the orchestra, was now appointed its director.
And now the year is drawing to a close; soon we must go out from St. Ambrose
never again to return as students! But with the high resolve to do the best that in
us lies, we shall go forth to take up the work that is meant for us to do. And, if any
of us shall accomplish something worth while, he will regard it his proudest boast, and
will wish by this to be remembered, that he belonged to the Class of '13, S. A. C.
COUGHLIN—'13.
THE thought of graduation, of leaving the institution which has been a home to
us, of severing the bonds of affection by which we have been so long bound,
and of parting, perhaps forever, from those whom we have grown to love, causes
us to return in fancy to the days of yore and live again those golden hours.
Many of us were members of the large class that met for the first time on the
college campus in the fall of 1906, and enrolled as Academic Freshmen. Owing to various circumstances some did not remain to complete the four years, and others at the
expiration of that time entered other schools to take up vocational work, while a few
secured employment and did not return to school As a result only seven of the original
class returned to take up the Collegiate Course, but one new member increased the
total to eight—John Hynes, Thomas Lawlor, Cletus Portel, William Callahan, John
Michalek, Joseph Coughlin, Michael Haley and Raymond McDermott. The class was
organized early in the year with Michael Haley as president and John Hynes as secretary.
The year passed all too quickly with members of the class taking an active part in
every branch of student endeavor. They stood high in their class, took part in the
Elocution contest, in public entertainments, and played the leading roles in Dramatics,
where they gained name and fame for themselves and for the class. On the gridiron
all but one helped to give St. Ambrose a winning team by becoming the mainstay of
the Varsity Squad. Hynes and Haley were stars in the first basketball team the
college ever had, and, with Portel, helped to keep up their Alma Mater's reputation in
baseball.
When the class, after the summer vacation, met again two of its members, McDermott and Hynes, were missing. The former had dropped school work, while the latter had entered Notre Dame to take up the study of Law. A new man, however, B.
Meyer, made the actual loss in number only one. This year, like the preceding, was
a most successful one, in every way, for the class, it being again to the fore in every
line of college activity. Men from this class again contributed much to the prestige
of St. Ambrose in all kinds of athletics and were indispensable to the success of plays
and entertainments. The year was gone before we realized it, and after a few short
weeks of vacation we were back again to resume our work. This being our last year
at St. Ambrose, we resolved to mak6 it the best of all, and, as a result, we gained
honors in oratory, in the literary and debating societies, while Portel, Haley and
Michalek were membered among the gridiron stars. Michalek, who had for some time
been a member of the orchestra, was now appointed its director.
And now the year is drawing to a close; soon we must go out from St. Ambrose
never again to return as students! But with the high resolve to do the best that in
us lies, we shall go forth to take up the work that is meant for us to do. And, if any
of us shall accomplish something worth while, he will regard it his proudest boast, and
will wish by this to be remembered, that he belonged to the Class of '13, S. A. C.
COUGHLIN—'13.
Date
1913
Rights
St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
Identifier
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